Queens Drag Racer Fleeing Cops Hit With Driving Charges: LI Police

QUEENS, NY — A central Queens drag racer tried to speed away from authorities investigating drag racing on Long Island over the weekend, police said.

Michael Beyer, of Glendale, Queens, was "preparing to race" down a street on Long Island Sunday afternoon when officers — who were responding to a drag racing call — turned on their lights and sirens to conduct a traffic stop, according to the Suffolk County Police Department.

Beyer, though, sped off, police said, adding that he was "weaving in and out of traffic" before stopping at an intersection on the edge of the hamlet of Hauppauge.

Once caught, police hit the 26-year-old man with charges of reckless driving and unlawfully fleeing a police officer.

The car he was driving was impounded but Beyer was released on a desk appearance ticket ordering him to return to court on April 29, according to police.